Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

MNLA

Landscape Architecture Firm

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MNLA is a New York-based firm specializing in urban, environmental, and master planning initiatives that reimagine place and use. The firm is currently serving as “prime” on a number of major projects including New York’s South Bronx Greenway, the Hudson Square Streetscapes master plans, and the renaissance of Manhattan’s Pier 42, as well as for the recently completed interpretive park at West Point Foundry Preserve and the Edward W. Kane Park, a verdant gateway at the University of Pennsylvania. Its seminal works also comprise recent renovations at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the renewal of Buffalo’s Main Street and Erie Canal Harbor, and a master plan for Pratt Institute. Recipient of more than 75 design awards, the firm received the National Park Service “Designing the Parks” Awards – Merit Award, Site Design – for Hudson River Park, Tribeca Section.

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IMAGE ALBUMS

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Abington House ALBUM

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Bogardus Plaza Expansion ALBUM

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The central space with plantings that buffer visitors from nearby traffic

New York

The expansion joins the garden and street in a unified scheme

New York

The plaza triples the amount of publicly accessible space

New York

The floating deck with viewing steps

New York

Plants wrap around the plaza to form a protected community space

New York

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Four Continents Bridge ALBUM

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Exterior view at dusk

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

The surface span is divided by a glass wall

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Mosaic on the wall

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Night exterior view

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

A rainbow captured in the waterfall

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Terrarium facing rock garden

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

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Hudson River Park ALBUM

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This plan is premised on reclaiming the waterfront for public benefit

New York City, New York

Landscaping along the riverfront

New York City, New York

Aerial view of the riverfront

New York City, New York

Public enjoying the view of the Hudson River

New York City, New York

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Hudson River Park Master Plan ALBUM

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Site Plan: Laight St to Canal St

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Architectural model

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Conceptual sketch of the walking paths and parks

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Conceptual sketch of the Pier

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Conceptual sketch of the park

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Park Structure

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Conceptual sketch of the Riverfront

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Site Plan: Pier 32

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Site Plan

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SITES

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Erie Canal Harbor

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Erie Canal Harbor

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Hudson River Park Master Plan

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Hudson River Park Master Plan

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Quennell Rothschild & Partners

Urban Design

South Bronx Greenway Master Plan

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South Bronx Greenway Master Plan

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, HDR Engineering, Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Russell Design, Dewberry Inc.

Planning Project, Landscape Project, Urban Design

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Pier 42

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Sage and Coombe Architects, HDR Engineering, Inc., McLaren Engineering Group, CSA Group, Goldstick Lighting Design

Landscape Project, Safety and Resiliency, Park, Planning Project, Resiliency, Community Space

Waterline Square

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Waterline Square

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, WSP Global Inc., Philip Habib & Associates, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.

Park

Randall’s Island Connector

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Randall’s Island Connector

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, HDR Engineering, Inc.

Transportation, Park, Resiliency, Public Space

Bogardus Plaza Expansion

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Bogardus Plaza Expansion

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Philip Habib & Associates

Park

Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center Master Plan & Implementation

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Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center Master Plan & Implementation

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Park

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Newport Green

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

Park

Hudson River Park: Pier 40

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Hudson River Park: Pier 40

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Park, Recreation

Staten Island Courthouse, St. George

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Staten Island Courthouse, St. George

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Ennead Architects

Justice, Civic

Hudson River Park

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Hudson River Park

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Quennell Rothschild & Partners

Park, Urban Design

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Hudson River Park: Tribeca Section Piers 25 & 26

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Hudson River Park: Tribeca Section Piers 25 & 26

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Park

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Spring Street Park, New York

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Spring Street Park, New York

Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Dagher

Park

Hudson Square Streetscape Improvement Plan

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Hudson Square Streetscape Improvement Plan

Marvel Architects PLLC, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Landscape Project

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Governors Island Park and Public Space

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Governors Island Park and Public Space

West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Marvel Architects PLLC, SiteWorks Landscape Architecture, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, LiRo-STV, Lt. Colonel Jonathan Williams, Emily Simon, Elizabeth Saetta, Bridgette Santana-Rivera, Jamie Maslyn Larson, Kim Mathews, Lisa DuRussel, Turner Construction, Rachel Woods, Rebecca Challis, Nadia Usmani, Leslie Koch, Claire Kelly, Lisa DeMarco, Elizabeth Ann Beller, Martin E. Thompson, Charles O. Cornelius, National Park Service

Park, Urban Design

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Abington House

Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Ismael Leyva, AvroKo, Cosentini Associates, Rosenwasser / Grossman Consulting Engineers, P.C.

Residential, Roofscape

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Little Island

Heatherwick Studio, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, ARUP, Hudson River Park Trust, Fisher Marantz Stone, C & G Partners, Standard Architects, Mueser Rutledge, Irrigation Components International

Park

The Gabrielle H. Reem & Herbert J. Kayden Center For Science and Computation, Bard College

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The Gabrielle H. Reem & Herbert J. Kayden Center For Science and Computation, Bard College

Rafael Viñoly Architects, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Education

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation-David Rockefeller River Campus

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation-David Rockefeller River Campus

Rafael Viñoly Architects, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Turner Construction

Education

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DRAWINGS

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Site plan of the Tribeca Section

New York City, New York

To address this challenge we developed a series of long and short term measures from adjustments to rezoning text that encourages active cross street frontages to pop-up cafes.

New York City, New York

While the heavy north-south car traffic stood out as a major challenge, a deeper analysis of the area revealed an equally significant problem affecting the neighborhood’s quality of life: a lack of pedestrian and retail activity on the cross streets.

New York City, New York

We also helped the bid analyze proposed rezoning and advocate for options that preserved the distinct identity of the neighborhood’s blocky building stock and its roots as the center of the city’s printing industry.

New York City, New York

The Hudson Square Standard reimagines the potential for urban sidewalks by finding small changes to the design and structure of our streets that can yield major environmental and health impacts. Its innovation is best seen from below the ground, where trees have been planted in expanded subterranean plots that give their roots more room to grow. Hudson Square Connection continues to serve as a catalyst for efficient and sophisticated design intervention in the public realm.

New York City, New York

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Park Plan: Winter

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Pot Section Detail

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Park Plan: Fall

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Park Plan: Spring

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Park Plan: Summer

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Oyster Bay, New York

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